The Internal Revenue Service shut down on December 22, 2018. The vast majority of IRS employees turned off their computers, and cellphone and went home. Approximately 10,000 workers (out of over 80,000) were asked to continue working -most without pay- under the “protection of government property” (i.e., your tax dollars) exception.

The Department of Treasury has announced it will begin on January 28, 2019 and they will be issuing refunds.